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Feb. 16, 2010 By ANTHONY PIGNATARO One of John A. Perez’s first acts as a state assemblyman was to introduce AB 9, which partially amended the Political Reform Act of 1974. In fact, the official bill history says Perez introduced
Read MoreForbes publisher assesses state decline
Feb. 16, 2010 By KATY GRIMES In a poignant and often funny talk, Forbes Magazine Publisher Rich Karlgaard believes this economic recession could have and should have been avoided, and the worsening U.S. economy is a man-made crisis thanks to
Read MoreKeeping California safe and strong
Feb. 16, 2010 Been seeing a lot of commercials for the National Guard lately, especially in movie theaters. They’re big ads, too – full of dramatic music and slow-motion shots of helicopters and pugilistic fighting in the mud. In fact,
Read MoreOther cities could follow Sac utility measure
Feb. 15, 2010 By KATY GRIMES In the first of its kind in the state, the Sacramento County Taxpayers League filed a ballot initiative to roll back monthly utilities rates. Filing Wednesday February 10, 2010 at the Sacramento City Clerk’s
Read MoreFinally, something important
In marked contrast to the foolishness and irrelevance that surrounds the controversy over who will be California’s next lieutenant governor, the California Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes just released this report, which explains how Governor Schwarzenegger’s furlough of 5,300
Read MoreJust one question
If the Governor, Assembly and Senate can’t agree on whether Sen. Abel Maldonado has actually been confirmed to be our state’s lieutenant governor — our state’s most useless public office — and may, in fact, just toss the whole thing
Read MoreGame wardens seek to duck furloughs
Feb. 11, 2010 By ELISE VIEBECK Witnesses at a recent Assembly hearing voiced concerns that game wardens, unlike conventional law enforcement officers, must comply with Friday furloughs. Wardens cited an increase in poaching as one reason to exempt the state’s
Read MoreAdams: hero in his own mind
During the Assembly floor debate prior to the vote on whether to confirm Abel Maldonado as lieutenant governor, Republican Assemblyman Anthony Adams — the tax-raising Republican who faced a possible recall and later announced that he will not seek re-election
Read MoreTribes at odds over online poker
Feb. 11, 2010 By ELISE VIEBECK In an eight-hour session on Tuesday, a Senate committee considered the implications of legalizing online poker, which has been prohibited in the United States since 2006. The testimony split legalization proponents — legislators looking
Read MoreWoohoo! Enterprise Architecture!
A few weeks ago I wrote this story about the unknown quantities of electronically generated public records that are simply vanishing from state computers, but after reading this Feb. 9 news release on how Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is improving “California’s
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